Playtime Engineering

Playtime Engineering is a vibrant board book that introduces fundamental STEM concepts through the natural play of babies and toddlers. With engaging photographs of diverse children building and exploring, it highlights principles like weight, force, and stability using simple blocks and everyday objects. The book features a lively dialogue and factual asides that define basic engineering terms, making it an excellent tool for parents to engage their 'baby engineers' in early science discovery. While the publisher lists a wide age range of 4-11, the content and board book format are ideally suited for children ages 0-4, with parents of older children potentially using it as a foundational or discussion-starting resource.

Grab a play mat, blocks, and your favorite baby engineer. It's time to build something--and see science at work! Oh, my. You've gathered lots of materials. What will you build? With blocks at the ready, watch as your baby uses their hands to bear weight and the couch for support while experimenting with setting up a sturdy base, stacking a tower, spanning a space with an arch--and applying force, of course. Bash! Smash! Crash! Babies and toddlers are naturally curious explorers--now help them discover that science is fun! In this bright, graphic board book, photos of busy little ones offset a lively running dialogue sprinkled with factual asides that define basic engineering terms.